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In the second half of the course, we’ve built on foundational topics from early in the course to examine gender and health, sex/sexuality, family structures, workplaces, and gendered violence. For your exam you will choose the material you want to cover, utilizing the terms and concepts we have covered in the second half of the course. There are 4 parts. Use the boxes below to develop your responses for all four parts.

Identify any 5 terms or concepts that you think are important for someone studying Women’s and Gender Studies to understand. Choose terms from the list below. Define each term in your own words by providing examples or explaining their meaning AND describe why it is important to understand this concept within the discipline of Women’s & Gender Studies.

Here are the terms/concepts we’ve covered since Exam #1 (If I’ve forgotten to include a term/concept we’ve covered, please email me and let me know so I can add it to this list!):

Answer part 1 in the table below:

Share 2 quotes from the material we have covered in Weeks 4, 5, and 6 that you think exemplify important considerations in Women’s and Gender Studies. They can be quotes from the readings, videos, or discussions that you found interesting, enlightening, provocative, or bothersome. Share the exact quotation (in quotation marks) and who said/wrote it (with a reference to which lecture/reading/discussion it is from) as well as at least a one well-developed paragraph analysis of (1) what it means, (2) why it is important, and (3) how it can be applied or understood within the context of Women’s & Gender Studies. (15 points each)

Note: Your quote should not be just a title of something , for example “Uses of the Erotic.” It also shouldn’t be a quote I’ve highlighted , such as this one from hooks: "If women do not have the right to choose what happens to our bodies we risk relinquishing rights in all other areas of our lives.” Show me that you’ve done the readings by choosing a quote that you found on your own.

Write your quotes and analysis in the tables below:

Choose one of the essay questions below and answer it with at least one well-developed paragraph. Make sure to reference material from the class by referring to readings, lectures, videos, and/or key concepts to help illustrate your discussion. Any time you refer to a reading, lecture, or video, make it clear when you’re quoting by using quotation marks around quoted material, include page numbers if the source has page numbers on it, and make it clear which source you’re referring to, including author (if there is one) and chapter (if there is one, like with the two textbooks by hooks or Kang, et al).

Option 1: Restrictions on abortions set precedent for restrictions of other rights and freedoms that we now take for granted. What are some of those rights that may be in danger? Why? In your response, use at least one key term/concept and refer to at least two assigned readings, lectures, or videos.

Option 2: Discuss the relationship between sex/sexuality and power. You can do this in a number of ways: you can discuss the erotic as power, in reference to Lorde’s essay; or you can examine the relationship dynamics discussed by hooks in Chapter 15, for example. Make sure you don’t simply repeat the author’s argument, but that you use it to support your own understanding of the power dynamics of sex/sexuality in a patriarchal society. In your response, use at least one key term/concept and refer to at least two assigned readings, lectures, or videos.

Option 3: Discuss the power dynamics within marriage/partnership in the U.S. Consider family structures and who in the family tends to do work within and outside the home. Unlike the Discussion Forum on this topic, this question is not asking about your own family; instead, it is asking about how socially constructed gender may play out within the family unit under patriarchy. In your response, use at least one key term/concept and refer to at least two assigned readings, lectures, or videos.

Share an image, meme, video, song, or other example that you feel demonstrates a connection between what we have learned in Weeks 4, 5, and 6 and its significance in real life. Note it does not need to be intentionally about gender. Many of the best answers here are things you have seen that reminded you of class. You can share the image itself or a link to YouTube, TikTok, Instagram etc. (Check to be sure it works and is public). In one or two well-developed paragraphs use the tools you’ve practiced from this class so far to analyze the item through the lens of Women’s and Gender Studies and/or feminism. Which concepts, readings, or authors does this connect to and how? Refer to at least three key terms and/or readings, lectures, or videos from Weeks 4 through 6 of the class. You can, of course, make connections with readings and concepts from the whole course, but the focus of your analysis should be on the content from Weeks 4, 5, and 6.